MSI 875P Neo FIS2R

[ChuckR]

I am thinking of upgrading to this board, but I can't find any information
on what of my current configuration will work with it.
Trying to keep the costs down.

My current machine is this:

SuperMicro ATX Full Tower 750A with 300W power supply, 3 fans
(2) Corsair CM654S128ALP-133C2
(2) IBM DTLA 75GXPA ULTRA ATA/100 30GIG
Teac 1.44 Floppy Drive
SONY 48x IDE CD ROM
PLEXTOR PLEXWRITER 12/10/32A E-IDE CD-RW
Matrox G400 Max 32MB 703933-PAM
VIEWSONIC PF795
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

Any recommendations on what additions to the board, CPU, VIDEO, MEMORY, Clocking, etc.
might make it a good machine for Video/Digital Picture work?
Thanks

 

[CalvinHobbes]

You'd need to upgrade the CPU, memory, probably the power supply. The case should work okay as long as you can change the back plate where the motherboard connectors are. I'd also get a new video card.

 

[Blazer]

will need PSU,RAM.CPU,i have 2 of those boards,run memory at 2.6v get a quallity power supply as all 875 boards are power hungry,atleast the msi brds. might want a larger HD as well and a DVD burner.

 

[ChuckR]

My current machine has a 300W power supply, 3 fans included. I am running an ASUS CUSL2 board which is also ATX, so I assume(!!!!) the MSI should drop in okay. What do you think.

BLAZER. Your response had
P4 3.0 875 neo
G Corsair 3200
Wd 80
Ener 550

I assume the P4 3.0 is the Intel cpu. Do you have 1 gig of Corsair 3200 memory? What are WD 80 and Ener 550? Is the Corsair Single or Dual DDR?

 

[Blazer]

chuck R the PSU for that MSI 875 board will need 20amps on the 12v rail {22amps would be better},yes it will fit in your ATX case,yes i have 1 gig of corsair memory / dual channel DDR,a western digital 80 gig HD with a 8 mb buffer { 1 of 4 total HD all WDs},and a ENERMAX 550 watt power supply with 36 amps on the +12.0 +5.0 & +3.3 VOLT rails.

a good quality power supply will insure that your investment WILL work correctly and last a long time,as i have intention of using my sys a long long time and need dependability!!! :thumbsup:

 

[ChuckR]

BLAZER, Thanks for the response

That sounds like one powerful system. What costs would I be trying to negotiate with my wife?
Is there another board that would give me a decent upgrade without rebuilding my whole system?

 

[Blazer]

put it this way-you will be buying shoes a long long time,no other board that i know of that would save any worth while money as you are using pc 133 ram if i read your sig correctly,not many boards today use such ram,but other than mobo,ram psu and processor you could use whats left.

you did not say what mobo,processor you had,BUT if you know that the seller is reputable and that the board is either new or used lightly i would definetly buy it,A WORD OF CAUTION be careful of heavly overclocked mobos of any maker.

 

[syconub]

whatever you do , dont eg that board, it is very prone to breaking down. Go with something that is stable like asus or shuttle

 

[ChuckR]

I currently have ASUS CUSL2 Revision 1.02 Mainboard Intel® 815E chipset ATX with BIOS Ver. 1009 with Pentium III 700/100 Boxed SL45Y 256K fast cache, FC-PGA,100MHz FSB Intel Part Number BX80526F700256E

 

[Blazer]

yep it is time to upgrade there Chuck R,what have you found good deals on?,to use dual channel will require matched sticks of memory,the mobo is 800 mhz fsb so you will need ddr 400,a proc with a 800 mhz fsb and a good psu,my psu is a little over kill but usefull as i am adding along.